Tour Tweets of the Week: Clips and crashes and all things German

We’re through the first weekend of the 2017 Tour de France and we’ve had crashes, popular breakaways and a ‘clipping incident’. And that was just on Twitter. (>snare< >cymbal<)We have Geraint Thomas, Peter Sagan, Marcel Kittel, Taylor Phinney, Spongebob Squarepants – yes, Spongebob Squarepants! and much much more

What’s maillot jaune in Welsh?

The first yellow jersey of the race was taken by Geraint Thomas, who had a storming ITT in rainy conditions – just like home, I suppose. It was also the first yellow jersey for Wales – and G’s first Leo plushie …

Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman ever to wear the leader's yellow jersey of the Tour de France pic.twitter.com/LOyKNRYzE8

I cannot get used to Philippe Gilbert in just a regular, run-of-the-mill Quickstep jersey. Nothing against Oliver Naesen at all (in fact he was a very popular win), but PhilGil in the Belgian nat champs jersey is one of those iconic images of cycling. It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack now …